One-on-One Diabetes Care One-on-One Diabetes Care Expert Committee

The power of support toward the Striver individual may often be underestimated, as we may tend to notice them manage their type 2 diabetes in a very competent manner. However, nobody is perfect in the self-management of a very complicated disease like diabetes.
In this episode, we hear from Dr. Maureen Clement apply her clinical expertise with the Striver, emphasising the importance of identifying these individuals in order to better customize supporting roles by the diabetes care provider to enhance self-management behaviour changes of this patient archetype.
Dr. Maureen Clement is a clinical assistant professor in the department of family practice at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia. Dr. Clement is also a primary care physician with the diabetes consulting practice in British Columbia.

How might you best support individuals with type 2 diabetes who are quite comfortable with their set routines and simplify their lives to avoid modifications to their self-management approaches?
In this episode, Dr. Jeremy Gilbert uses his expert insights from his clinical experience to take a deep dive into the Simplifier by examining their personality traits and approaches and the supporting roles that can be adopted by the diabetes care provider to help improve self-management approaches of this patient archetype.
Dr. Jeremy Gilbert is an associate professor and program director for adult endocrinology and metabolism at the University of Toronto, Ontario.

When supporting people with type 2 diabetes who have difficulty coping emotionally and functionally, do you find that these barriers eventually pose a significant burden on supporting behaviour changes to diabetes self-management?
In this episode, Susie Jin draws from her clinical experience in supporting the Struggler patient by highlighting their specific characteristics and attitudes and providing expert guidance into tailoring supporting roles for this patient archetype.
Susie Jin is a pharmacist and certified diabetes educator in Coburg, Ontario.

Despite your best recommendations at modifying lifestyle, medical management, and glucose monitoring, people with type 2 diabetes may continue to experience challenges in their self-management.
In this episode, Dr. Michael Vallis explores how personality traits and coping styles of patients may be used by diabetes care providers to adopt specific supporting roles as an additional approach to better support type 2 diabetes self-management behaviours.
Dr. Michael Vallis is a registered health psychologist and a health behavior change consultant and associate professor in family medicine at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.